Planning: Audience Feedback (Front Cover)

I recently posted some updates of my front cover to a social networking site to gain some audience feedback. Note: The image below is a screenshot of the post that I shared on my social networking profile, and the screenshot shown here only shows two thirds of the magazine. The magazine that I used for the audience feedback can be seen in my previous post.



















Here was my response the front cover:

Audience Member 1

Audience member 1 has said that she thinks the 'Noah Brown' title and the main body font are the same font, or look too similar - however they are completely different. But, I have took the constructive criticism on board and changed the positioning of the artist's name, the colour and added a light shadow so it stands out more effectively.

Audience Member 2

Audience Member 2 has gave a detailed description of good points and where I could improve the product. In response to this feedback upon improvements, I have cropped the image so does not overlap the artist as much. As you'll be able to see, I have also moved the biggest writing (the artist title) lower so it does not overlap; and of course, in turn, moved the other featured artists up and 'squeezed' the writing so it does not overlap. I have also added more content to both sides of the magazine as you'll be able to see in the updated front cover, so it creates a framing effect, which is conventional of most music magazines. I have yet to include the date and issue number (as that is on the contents page), but I will be doing this with the progression of the product.

Audience Member 3

Audience Member 3 has complimented me upon how professional it looks, but also does not think the black square in the bottom right looks right ("out of place"), so I have changed it to white, and included a light shadow, plus the writing within the box, to make it stand out more and blend in more efficiently.


Audience Member 4

Audience Member 4 has commented upon the artist title also. As stated in the previous audience member feedback, I have now changed the text colour to stand out more and placed it lower.